| 2bro2b Contributor(s): Vonnegut, Kurt (Author) |
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ISBN: 1475173296 ISBN-13: 9781475173291 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $6.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - Collections & Anthologies |
| Physical Information: 0.06" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.11 lbs) 28 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 2BR02B is a science fiction short story by Kurt Vonnegut, originally published in the digest magazine Worlds of If Science Fiction, January 1962, and collected in Vonnegut's Bagombo Snuff Box (1999). The title is pronounced "2 B R naught 2 B", referencing the famous phrase "to be, or not to be" from William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. In this story, the title refers to the telephone number one dials to schedule an assisted suicide with the Federal Bureau of Termination. Vonnegut's 1965 novel God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater describes a story by this name, attributing it to his recurring character Kilgore Trout, although the plot summary given is closer in nature to the eponymous tale from the short-story collection Welcome to the Monkey House. -wikipedia |